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(Mis)Representing Islam : the racism and rhetoric of British broadsheet newspapers

Suitable for researchers and students of racism, Islam, Journalism and Communication studies, Rhetoric, and (Critical) Discourse Analysis, this title explores and illustrates how elite broadsheet newspapers are implicated in the production and reproduction of anti-Muslim racism.
Print Book, English, 2004
John Benjamins, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2004
XXI, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
9789027226990, 9781588114730, 9027226997, 1588114732
1026358104
1. List of figures, graphs and tables; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Introduction; 4. 1. Islam, Orientalism and (racist) social exclusion; 5. 2. The discursive representation of Islam and Muslims; 6. 3. The ideological square I: 'Muslim negativity'; 7. 4. The ideological square II: 'The West' as civiliser; 8. 5. British Muslims: Difference, discord and threat in domestic reporting; 9. 6. The Iraq Debacle: The reporting of Iraq during the UNSCOM stand-off; 10. 7. Conviction, truth, blame and a shifting agenda: The reporting of Algeria; 11. 8. Conclusion; 12. Notes; 13. Bibliography; 14. Index of names; 15. Index of subjects
Bibliografía: p. [245]-256